Fly-catcher.



L H. FAULKNER.

FLY CATCHER. APPLICATION FILED AUG.8.1913.

guucul'oz Patentd Feb. 17,1914.

ISAAC H. FAULKNER, OF EELLAS, TEXAS.

FLY-SATCHE 3 oswma CH (1 i he eon llallas, in i "Texas, hex-e inve: vand use- :tul impro 'cmen acre; and I do h 1 so be a full,

- invention, in the art and use the n s to make same.

This invention rel for its above 1 hold fly paper may be used by objectthe provis of chara or which is in such a It y the operator to trapAnother object of my ,nvcntion is the provision of a device wh' 1 willhold the fly paper in the shape of a tunnel.

Still another object of my invention is the provision of such a devicewhich may be cheaply constructed of wire or other suitable material andwhich will be strong and durable and easily manipulated With the aboveand other objects in View I now proceed to describe my invention in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fly catcher, and Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional View of my improved fly catcher.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference 1 indicates thehandle portion which is adapted to be gripped by the operator andcomprises the wires 2 and 3. These wires 2 and 3 are bent back upon themselves as clearly illustrated and terminate at their outer extremitiesin the loop 1- which forms the base member of my improved fly catcher.

At suitable intervals around the loop 4 and equi-distant from each otherI provide the downwardly extending wires 5 which terminate at theirupper extremit' in the eyes 6 which pass around and frietionally engagethe loop 4. The lower extremities of the wires 5 terminate in eyessimilar to those previously referred to at 6 and frictionally engage a.reduced ring 7 which is of considerably smalier diameter than the loop4, thereby causing each of the wires 5 to assume a convergent positionas will be clearly seen upon referring to the drawings.

Extending inwardly from the loop 4; I

Specification of Letter exitv Sex; No. 7837751.

i raving the terminals of their arms bent as l at 9 to form the eyeswhich frictionally igage the loop 4 and hold the U-shaped memberssecurely in position. These U- shaped members are preferably positioned,as indicated in i e drawings, in. such a way that the wires u comebetween the arms of the ape-d members thereby eliminating any um 'ennessinterme late the wires 5.

It will be seen that the device thus formed is particularly adapted toreceive the fl paper, indicated by the numeral 10 and hold the same inthe shape of a cone, having an open end, which is adapted to be placedagainst the wall and over the insect which is to be caught. The resultwill be obvious as it will be readily understood should the insectattempt to fly away it will encounter the sticky paper and becomeentangled therein thus eliminating the objectionable swatting which veryoften inconvenient as there is danger of contaminating any articles, orfood stuffs which may be in the immediate vicinity.

lVhile in the foregoing I have shown and described the preferredembodiment of my invention I wislrit to be understood that I may changethe specific arrangement of parts without in any way departing from thespirit and scope of my invention.

lVhat I claim isr--- 1. A device of the character described comprisingwires; said wires being bent and extending parallel with each other toform a handle, a loop formed at the end of said handle, angrnlarlyextending wires projecting outwardly from said loop, a ring at the outerextremities of said angularly extendeter than the loop, thereby causingsaid.

wires to converge and form a funnel shaped support, and fly paper rolledto form a hollow cone, said fly paper being adapted to be inserted inthe funnel shaped support and thereby be held in operative relation withthe handle.

2. A device of the character described comprising a loop, a handleextending outwardly therefrom and formed integral therewith, angularlyextending arms secured to said handle, a ring of less diameter than theloop, said ring being supported by the angularly extending arms, andmeans to retain a piece of fly paper in position.

oly provide the Ushaped members 8 ing wires, said ring being of smallerdiam;

3. A device of the character described fly paper adapted to be insertedin the frame comprising a loop, a handle extending outthus formed, andthereby form a fiy catcher. 1e Wardly therefrom, arms extendingangularly In testimony whereof I afiix my signature from said loop, aring supported by the outer in presence of two Witnesses. extremities ofthe arms, said ring being of ISAAC H. FAULKm. less diameter than theloop, inwardly ex- Vitnesses: tending projections secured to the loopiml DAN DANIEL, mediateiy adjacent the arms, and a roll of l S. E.YATES.

